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FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine
March 27, 2014A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.
Read moreRacial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
March 27, 2014Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
Read moreDespite snow, students lobby for #DebtFreeFuture
March 24, 2014College students face many issues today, including raising tuition rates and cuts to programs. Student loan debt topped $1 trillion and is expected to reach (and even surpass) $1.3 trillion.
Read moreMichigan same-sex marriage ban overturned, but not for long
March 24, 2014We were "excited, nervous, just like everyone else would feel," said Kim Hettinger and MaryAnn Northcote of Waterford.
Read moreDioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor
March 24, 2014"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."
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